tranquil
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
tranquil
adj 1: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy
waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the
placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of
tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a
smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still
water"; "unruffled water" [syn: {placid}, {quiet},
{still}, {tranquil}, {smooth}, {unruffled}]
2: not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a
calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he
remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene
expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil";
"tranquil life in the country" [syn: {calm}, {unagitated},
{serene}, {tranquil}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tranquil \Tran"quil\, a. [L. tranquillus; probably fr. trans
across, over + a word akin to quietus quiet: cf. F.
tranquille. See {Quiet}.]
Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the
atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is
tranquil.
[1913 Webster]
A style clear, tranquil, easy to follow. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster] Tranquilization
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "tranquil":
at peace, at rest, blank, blankminded, bloodless, calm, cloistered,
collected, composed, concordant, cool, coolheaded, dispassionate,
dwindling, easy, easygoing, ebbing, empty, empty-headed, equable,
even, even-tempered, even-tenored, fatuous, halcyon, hushed,
idyllic, impassive, inane, incogitant, irenic, isolated,
levelheaded, moldering, nirvanic, oblivious, orderly, pacific,
passive, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, philosophical,
piping, placid, poised, possessed, quiescent, quiet, quietistic,
regular, relaxed, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, secluded,
sedate, self-controlled, self-possessed, sequestered, sequestrated,
serene, sheltered, smooth, soft, stable, steady, still,
still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding,
thoughtfree, thoughtless, unagitated, undisturbed, unexcited,
unideaed, unintellectual, unmoved, unoccupied, unperturbed,
unreasoning, unruffled, unstirring, unthinking, untroubled, vacant,
vacuous, waning
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